If men and women are made in God's image, then human work must have something divine about it. If societies are supposed to be just, then the work that people do should be justly rewarded. We will look at highlights of modern Catholic thinking about work and worker justice, from Cardinal Manning in the 1870s...
Religious Imaginaries & Victimhood Narratives in Colombia’s Road to Peace A joint Las Casas Institute – Rodeemos el Diálogo (ReD) event in-person and online. After half a century of bloodshed and over nine million registered victims, a peace agreement was signed in 2016 between the Colombian government and the FARC  insurgency. Since then, enormous political...
Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information. The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...
Small communities and associations have a political component. Not only do they offer an opportunity for political participation at a small scale, but they also relate politically to other communities. I explore the politics among communities by looking at three different places where people with and without disabilities live together in intentional community—Geel, Belgium; L’Arche;...
Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information. The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...
2024 Las Casas Institute Annual Lecture Professor Conor Gearty, Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE Law School, is returning to the Las Casas Institute to give this year's Annual Lecture. Open to all. The lecture will be live streamed as well. Professor Gearty has given an interview to Ian Linden ahead of his lecture....
Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information. The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...
Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information. The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...
2024 Oxford Consortium for Human Rights Annual Lecture There is a pressing need to address the lack of dignity and respect in the current world of work. Issues of low pay, working poverty and precarious  work can be tackled by strengthening rights at the workplace. This will lead to greater human flourishing in our communities...
Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information. The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...